Funnily enough though, it's not the first time bananas have interfered with British transport.
Shortly after WW2 a trainload of bananas broke down near Hatton Junction in Warwickshire and the cargo - several hundred tons of the fruity yellow peril - was unceremoniously shovelled into nearby bushes.
Shortly after WW2 a trainload of bananas broke down near Hatton Junction in Warwickshire and the cargo - several hundred tons of the fruity yellow peril - was unceremoniously shovelled into nearby bushes.
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Funnily enough though, it's not the first time bananas have interfered with British transport.
Shortly after WW2 a trainload of bananas broke down near Hatton Junction in Warwickshire and the cargo - several hundred tons of the fruity yellow peril - was unceremoniously shovelled into nearby bushes.
Shortly after WW2 a trainload of bananas broke down near Hatton Junction in Warwickshire and the cargo - several hundred tons of the fruity yellow peril - was unceremoniously shovelled into nearby bushes.
It's #stunday and this is 604 'Phantom' at #Didcot yesterday, after the rain! I think this would have also worked well for the #Sky theme of the Art Show yesterday but only got around to editing the photo today. #photography #locomotive #didcotrailwaycentre
December 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It's #stunday and this is 604 'Phantom' at #Didcot yesterday, after the rain! I think this would have also worked well for the #Sky theme of the Art Show yesterday but only got around to editing the photo today. #photography #locomotive #didcotrailwaycentre
4144 at Didcot
Oil on Canvas, 20" x 16"
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#Art #Painting #Railway #Steam
Oil on Canvas, 20" x 16"
www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/...
#Art #Painting #Railway #Steam
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
4144 at Didcot
Oil on Canvas, 20" x 16"
www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/...
#Art #Painting #Railway #Steam
Oil on Canvas, 20" x 16"
www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/...
#Art #Painting #Railway #Steam
Amazon is proposing to build a data centre in Didcot, on the edge of the decomissioned power station site. The company is the largest cloud computing provider globally with a 30% market share, ahead of Google and Microsoft.
December 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Amazon is proposing to build a data centre in Didcot, on the edge of the decomissioned power station site. The company is the largest cloud computing provider globally with a 30% market share, ahead of Google and Microsoft.
Milton, Didcot.
No sooner did they clear away the wreckage .. and a further (11th) casualty die from their injuries.
Barnes, SW London
December 2, 1955
A passenger train collides with a freight train due to signal failure,
13 dead
No sooner did they clear away the wreckage .. and a further (11th) casualty die from their injuries.
Barnes, SW London
December 2, 1955
A passenger train collides with a freight train due to signal failure,
13 dead
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Milton, Didcot.
No sooner did they clear away the wreckage .. and a further (11th) casualty die from their injuries.
Barnes, SW London
December 2, 1955
A passenger train collides with a freight train due to signal failure,
13 dead
No sooner did they clear away the wreckage .. and a further (11th) casualty die from their injuries.
Barnes, SW London
December 2, 1955
A passenger train collides with a freight train due to signal failure,
13 dead
Strachan, Sterland & Newsome at Didcot Town FC, Sunday March 29th potteringabout8.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/s...
Strachan, Sterland & Newsome at Didcot Town FC, Sunday March 29th
TD Promotions are bringing another event to Didcot Town FC. Join them for what promises to be a fantastic afternoon of tales of life at Elland Road with Leeds Utd FC players from the title winning …
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December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Strachan, Sterland & Newsome at Didcot Town FC, Sunday March 29th potteringabout8.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/s...
He also saw construction on the Ladygrove Greenway, a walking and cycling track to Didcot, funded by developer contributions (Olly arrived by bike).
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
He also saw construction on the Ladygrove Greenway, a walking and cycling track to Didcot, funded by developer contributions (Olly arrived by bike).
The huge pile of rubbish in Oxfordshire has been identified as Didcot.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The huge pile of rubbish in Oxfordshire has been identified as Didcot.
A great day in Didcot looking at power generation, hitting on the move, and various types of pad drills. You did a great job, folks! I was seeing good stuff and hearing lots of satisfying “BOOMS!” :-) Thanks to Grove Martial Arts for organising and for help with demos!
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A great day in Didcot looking at power generation, hitting on the move, and various types of pad drills. You did a great job, folks! I was seeing good stuff and hearing lots of satisfying “BOOMS!” :-) Thanks to Grove Martial Arts for organising and for help with demos!
£7,780 for an annual season ticket from Didcot to the London Travelcard area doesn't represent value for money for my constituents.
Yesterday, I challenged the Secretary of State on this. It's time for affordable rail fares. 🚄
To hear the response, click here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Yesterday, I challenged the Secretary of State on this. It's time for affordable rail fares. 🚄
To hear the response, click here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
£7,780 for an annual season ticket from Didcot to the London Travelcard area doesn't represent value for money for my constituents.
Yesterday, I challenged the Secretary of State on this. It's time for affordable rail fares. 🚄
To hear the response, click here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Yesterday, I challenged the Secretary of State on this. It's time for affordable rail fares. 🚄
To hear the response, click here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
The Greater Didcot Co-Prosperity Sphere, you say?
How have I lived this long and never heard tell of such a wonder?
How have I lived this long and never heard tell of such a wonder?
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The Greater Didcot Co-Prosperity Sphere, you say?
How have I lived this long and never heard tell of such a wonder?
How have I lived this long and never heard tell of such a wonder?
on the other hand, I would pay good money to hear Lynyrd Skynyrd write a song about, say, Didcot
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
on the other hand, I would pay good money to hear Lynyrd Skynyrd write a song about, say, Didcot
"I thought of how, as a child, I’d used pylons to calculate distance & time, and how they seemed to anchor space. I thought of how the turbines resisted this, how unmeasurable they seemed, in a nightscape with few visual referents."
'Landscapes of Power'
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'Landscapes of Power'
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/landscapes...
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"I thought of how, as a child, I’d used pylons to calculate distance & time, and how they seemed to anchor space. I thought of how the turbines resisted this, how unmeasurable they seemed, in a nightscape with few visual referents."
'Landscapes of Power'
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/landscapes...
'Landscapes of Power'
longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/landscapes...
📣 This week 📣 As part of our Voices of Impact film series, we have a screening of documentary "Fires and Fascism" along with a Q&A from the director. Check out the trailer!
🗓️ 21st Nov, 6pm
📍 The Junction, Didcot
🎟️ £5, via link in bio
🗓️ 21st Nov, 6pm
📍 The Junction, Didcot
🎟️ £5, via link in bio
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📣 This week 📣 As part of our Voices of Impact film series, we have a screening of documentary "Fires and Fascism" along with a Q&A from the director. Check out the trailer!
🗓️ 21st Nov, 6pm
📍 The Junction, Didcot
🎟️ £5, via link in bio
🗓️ 21st Nov, 6pm
📍 The Junction, Didcot
🎟️ £5, via link in bio
Brightwell Barrow, overlooking Wallingford and Didcot in South Oxfordshire. #BronzeAge
November 16, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Brightwell Barrow, overlooking Wallingford and Didcot in South Oxfordshire. #BronzeAge
Checklist complete
A Timeline Events photo charter at Didcot Railway Centre
📍Didcot, England
📷Paul Fitzpatrick
#flickr flic.kr/p/2roCBby
A Timeline Events photo charter at Didcot Railway Centre
📍Didcot, England
📷Paul Fitzpatrick
#flickr flic.kr/p/2roCBby
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Checklist complete
A Timeline Events photo charter at Didcot Railway Centre
📍Didcot, England
📷Paul Fitzpatrick
#flickr flic.kr/p/2roCBby
A Timeline Events photo charter at Didcot Railway Centre
📍Didcot, England
📷Paul Fitzpatrick
#flickr flic.kr/p/2roCBby
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The National Grid is upgrading its Didcot substation, to connect data centres and battery energy storage systems to the electricity transmission network.
650MW of battery schemes will connect, completing a transition from ‘coal to clean’ at the site.
nationalgrid-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/nationa...
650MW of battery schemes will connect, completing a transition from ‘coal to clean’ at the site.
nationalgrid-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/nationa...
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The National Grid is upgrading its Didcot substation, to connect data centres and battery energy storage systems to the electricity transmission network.
650MW of battery schemes will connect, completing a transition from ‘coal to clean’ at the site.
nationalgrid-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/nationa...
650MW of battery schemes will connect, completing a transition from ‘coal to clean’ at the site.
nationalgrid-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/nationa...
I went to Diamond in Didcot once. I've never nerded out so much 💃
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I went to Diamond in Didcot once. I've never nerded out so much 💃
Lloyd Didcot, 32, took the unusual step to not carefully prepare a mental script for his coffee order last Friday and, subsequently, experienced the actual, literal torture of eternal damnation for about five minutes in his local Costa.
Autistic man neglects to plan conversation in advance, experiences literal Christian hell
An autistic man who routinely plans his conversations well in advance decided to ditch the habit of a lifetime “to see what it was like”, landing him in a Biblical underworld of Christian hell,…
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November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Lloyd Didcot, 32, took the unusual step to not carefully prepare a mental script for his coffee order last Friday and, subsequently, experienced the actual, literal torture of eternal damnation for about five minutes in his local Costa.
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
There are 10 screenings of my film 'Fires and Fascism' coming up around the UK in November:
9 Nov - Derby
11 Nov - Southampton
13 Nov - Stirling
17 Nov - Wivenhoe
18 Nov - Manningtree
19 Nov - Norwich
20 Nov - Portsmouth
21 Nov - Didcot
23 Nov - Stroud
25 Nov - Stoke
Details in next 10 posts...
9 Nov - Derby
11 Nov - Southampton
13 Nov - Stirling
17 Nov - Wivenhoe
18 Nov - Manningtree
19 Nov - Norwich
20 Nov - Portsmouth
21 Nov - Didcot
23 Nov - Stroud
25 Nov - Stoke
Details in next 10 posts...
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
There are 10 screenings of my film 'Fires and Fascism' coming up around the UK in November:
9 Nov - Derby
11 Nov - Southampton
13 Nov - Stirling
17 Nov - Wivenhoe
18 Nov - Manningtree
19 Nov - Norwich
20 Nov - Portsmouth
21 Nov - Didcot
23 Nov - Stroud
25 Nov - Stoke
Details in next 10 posts...
9 Nov - Derby
11 Nov - Southampton
13 Nov - Stirling
17 Nov - Wivenhoe
18 Nov - Manningtree
19 Nov - Norwich
20 Nov - Portsmouth
21 Nov - Didcot
23 Nov - Stroud
25 Nov - Stoke
Details in next 10 posts...
I played with my friend @chris2412.Bsky.social. Didcot
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November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I played with my friend @chris2412.Bsky.social. Didcot
#fist #fisting #analpleasure #stretchingholes #fistingholes #greedybottom #gayfisting #greedyhole
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Utter nonsense. The drive from Didcot to Cowley Rd is completely unaffected by the congestion charge gates.
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Utter nonsense. The drive from Didcot to Cowley Rd is completely unaffected by the congestion charge gates.
Cllr Du (Reform, Didcot South) also voted for scrapping the congestion charge.
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Cllr Du (Reform, Didcot South) also voted for scrapping the congestion charge.